The Triumph of Namur:
OR,
The Confederate Army's unspeakable Joy, for
their Victory over the French, in the Surrender of the
Castle, which they bravely Conquer'd.
Tune of, The Evening Ramble.
Licens'd according to Order.
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COme listen, you Protestant Subjects,
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that have any love for the Land,
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Here's Tydings of Joy, sing, Vive le Roy,
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the French are not able to stand
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Against our Great KING of Renowun,
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he tramples their Insolence down;
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E'er long they shall know him, and willingly show him
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that Dignity due to his Crown:
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With Bumpers therefore let us season our Joys,
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The Castle of Namur surrender'd, brave Boys.
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Our Canons did bellow like Thunder.
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and Bombs they did mount in the Air,
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And while thus we fought, dear Friends you'd have thought
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the Great God of War had been there;
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For why, we encompass'd them round,
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and Mortars sent Bombs to rebound,
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So fairly we flung 'em, they fell in among 'em,
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no manner of Safety they found.
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With Bumpers therefore let us season our Joys,
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The Castle of Namur surrender'd, brave Boys.
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Alas, it was not in their power,
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that fortify'd place to maintain,
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Altho they were stout, and thought to hold out,
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King WILLIAMs stout conquering Train
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Did showt em such thundering play,
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that still in the heat of the Fray,
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As fast as we fir'd, the French they retir'd,
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it was but a folly to stay:
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Therefore with full Bumpers let's season our Joys,
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The Castle of Namur surrender'd, brave Boys.
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The French in their Castle did tremble,
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to hear how the Canons did roar,
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Whose battering Balls so shatter'd their walls,
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they ne'r was so frighted before;
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For while this close Siege we did form,
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with Bombs we supplied them so warm,
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That, during the Action, they were in distraction,
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that just like a fiery storm,
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They fell on the Castle with thundring noise,
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This made them be glad to surrender, brave Boys.
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Right Noble and Valiant Commanders
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did gallantly lead on their Men,
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Who then did appear, like Strangers to Fear,
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resolving to scour them then,
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Bold Britains, with other Allies,
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the Germans and Spaniards likewise,
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And while they contended, smoak-vapours ascend-ed
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and seemed to darken the Skies;
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Saluting the French with a thundering noise,
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And forc'd them to yield up the Castle, brave Boys.
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The Marquess de Boufflers he sweated
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with Anger and Passion of Mind,
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Quoth he, Is it so, Begar, must we go
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and leave this good Castle behind?
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It is a sad ting, I declare,
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and more den me's able to bear;
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When Leues my Master, shall hear this Disaster,
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Begar in a passion he'll swear.
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And thus he went on with a sorrowful noise,
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Before he surrender'd the Castle, brave Boys.
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Quoth he, If the King of Great Britain
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is forced to take it by storm,
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The slaughtering Sword will ruin afford;
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therefore it is best to conform.
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The rest did immediately cry,
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Yes, let us surrender: For why,
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If we are serious, King WILLIAM will spare us;
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then let us not wilfully die.
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They're coming we hear with a thundering noise;
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This said, they surrender'd the Castle, brave Boys.
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Their General, with his whole Army,
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lay looking upon us the while,
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Yet struck not a blow, because you must know,
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he knew it was trouble and toyl;
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But when we the Castle had won,
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he pack'd up his Awls and he run;
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Unwilling to tarry, lest he should miscarry,
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he found what King WILLIAM had done.
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He frighted the French by his thundering noise,
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And forc'd them to yield up the Castle, brave Boys.
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